Yo Speed is the alias of Rubén Cordero, a DJ, producer and remixer from Cádiz who has become one of the most internationally visible names in contemporary Spanish breakbeat. Resident Advisor lists his real name as Ruben Cordero, and Qobuz credits him repeatedly as composer and producer on Deep Confessions and Somnia PT1. Documented activity under the Yo Speed project dates from around 2015.
His geography is part of the story. Distorsion Records described him in 2020 as an artist from Cádiz then based in Brighton, UK — a combination repeated on the label's Greatest Hits compilation. That Cádiz origin and documented British base place his work in the exchange between Andalusian breaks and UK bass culture rather than as a purely local act. Resident Advisor currently lists Spain as his location; Brighton reads more accurately as a former and historically documented base than as a confirmed 2026 residence.
The first major chapter was built through Distorsion Records. In October 2020 the label marked five years of Yo Speed and highlighted eight number-one chart entries and multiple Top 10 placements in breakbeat rankings, alongside releases on Punks, Gold Digger and Distorsion itself. The retrospective Yo Speed — Greatest Hits gathers early material including Make a Beat with Jose Rodriguez, Free Your Mind, Such A Good Feeling, X, Red Threads, Big Mac, Bring It Back, Eleven, Push It, Banana Split, Brapp Boow and Time To Play — a catalogue far broader than a handful of singles suggests.
Singles such as Man of the Speed and Free Ur Mind belong to that Distorsion era. Some storefront dates for older titles have shifted through reissues and catalogue migrations — Bandcamp may show a 2022 upload for Man of the Speed while earlier documentation points to 2017 — but the label's own five-year retrospective anchors the project's public timeline around 2015.
83 is now the main home of his production. Beatport shows a sustained run of recent releases on the imprint — Muita, I Can Feel U, TST, I Don't Kno, Bitter Taste, Somnia PT1, No Brakes, Lemme and more — and Yo Speed appears among the label's headline roster artists alongside Guau. That relationship has moved him from a strong Spanish circuit presence into the centre of a contemporary international breaks imprint.
Colores is one of the defining works of the 83 years. Conceived from 2022 and released as a double 180 g vinyl project in 2025, the artist described it as an attempt to translate his personal vision of broken rhythm into a physical album format — a step beyond the single-led catalogue that had defined much of his earlier visibility.
Deep Confessions, issued on 83 in September 2025, deepened that shift. The eleven-track album runs close to fifty-seven minutes and includes Deep Confessions, Domingo Psicodélico, Vintage, Alien Intelligence with Alien Rave, Voices Of The Tribe, Sweet Pie, E.U.N with Mutantbreakz, Don't Let Me Go, Muita, One Goodbye and Metronome — a body of work that shows a more atmospheric and melodic side without leaving breakbeat behind.
In 2026 he pushed further with Somnia PT1, a thirteen-track project on 83 spanning roughly 126–145 BPM. Fogo, Crime Files, Dizzy & Hollow, Call U Mine, It Gets Worse & Worse, Liquid Reflections, Zamar, I Can Feel U, TST, I Don't Kno, Bitter Taste and I Will Never Forget map a dense current phase; chart snapshots have placed Somnia PT1 and Fogo high in contemporary breaks rankings.
Mutantbreakz has been a long-running collaborator, from Distorsion-era joint material such as Flying To Russia and Out There through E.U.N on Deep Confessions. Guau and MBreaks sit at the centre of his present circuit — shared billing, the 83 ecosystem and, in October 2026, a documented Australian tour with dates in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
As a remixer, Yo Speed's profile is equally important. Detroit to London (Yo Speed Remix) for Deekline, Wizard and DJ Assault on Hot Cakes remains a reference point; more recent work includes Big Bad Wolf (Yo Speed Remix) for Deekline and Son of Sam and Never Fake (Yo Speed Remix) for Pavel Petrov on EXE AUDIO in September 2026.
Stylistically, the bulk of his Beatport catalogue sits under Breaks / Breakbeat / UK Bass, with UK garage and electro as secondary lanes rather than parallel identities. Punchy drums, defined low-end weight and club-ready architecture remain the through-line; the 83 albums add broader melodic and emotional range.
Yo Speed today reads less like a regional producer maintaining catalogue than an active international artist in a strong 2025–2026 phase: long-form projects on 83, high-charting singles, remix work for historical names and a concrete touring footprint in Australia with Guau.